Redirecting guestbook traffic
7 or so years ago when i first got into the whole making money online thing i used to run a small community forum. Back then i did not know much about SEO. My promotion involved going around forums and spamming. Then one day i was playing around with a guestbook and i realised that it would allow me to post html. So i tried < meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=http://www.yourdomain.com/index.html"> redirect code and surprisingly managed to redirect the whole guestbook traffic my way. I then spent a week or so searching for guestbooks running on the same script and redirecting their traffic my way. I did all this for my community, not to make money. In fact i did not even know you could make money online. (Even though it was around Internet bubble bursting times when everyone was making millions).
The other night i wanted to see if any of these guestbooks were still running but i could not find any. Yet again… would i do this blackhat technique now days if i could? Probably not.
PS: I have found a crazy (Unethical) way of acquiring high quality homepage blog backlinks. For more information have a look at my sale thread here and contact me if you are interested. Alternatively you can wait for a few months and i will blog about it when the hype dies out a bit.
February 18th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I read your thread and this sounds very interesting. What do you think happens when this method is found out? Could people be looking at a site ban? Or does this hole get patched and the links all disappear eventually? Also, how simple is this technique to use if you’re not yet a php guru? Thanks
February 18th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
You are not doing anything illegal. So the worst that could happen is your link being removed from that blog. Even if the hole does get patched i doubt people would upgrade because:
1) The simply won’t know there is a new version out.
2) The old plugin would still be working fine.
And yes, its very simple. No coding knowledge required.
February 19th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
I bought this technique from you and this was wild. I love it. Got a pr7 in about 5 minutes for free. Might not last to long on this specific one because of the amount of traffic and posts but i can use it on other sites and build strong links. Expecially if you have you keyword in you domain.
Ciao
Eglobalmoguls
February 20th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Glad you like it
hope it works well for you. Good luck!